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fate looked down kindly on us when she chose neal to be the first to venture into another world, and to have the opportunity to look back from space at the beauty of our own. it could have been another, but it wasn't. and it wasn't for a reason. no one, no one but no one could have accepted the responsibility of this remarkable accomplishment with a more dignity and more grace than neil armstrong. he embodied all that is good and all that is great about america. >> more from the memorial service for neil armstrong, thanksgiving day on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and just before 11:30 a.m., behind-the-scenes look about life as a teenager in the white house. just after 1:00 p.m., how scientists are using gaming skills and theories to solve world problems. >> on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is live with the news today from capitol hill. at noon eastern, a forum on the u.s. diplomatic efforts in the middle east. in 45 minutes, and grossman from "the wall street
fate looked down kindly on us when she chose neal to be the first to venture into another world, and to have the opportunity to look back from space at the beauty of our own. it could have been another, but it wasn't. and it wasn't for a reason. no one, no one but no one could have accepted the responsibility of this remarkable accomplishment with a more dignity and more grace than neil armstrong. he embodied all that is good and all that is great about america. >> more from the memorial...
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i used to be a reporter. it is a combination of writing and editing from my vantage point. >> did you both deal with the editor and publisher? >> yes. >> thanks a lot. that is three interesting. >> one of my favorite parts of the book is petraeus is the dominant character and we have great access to him and it is told from his point of view but we established a group of secondary characters. three of them were the tenet commanders who were commanding combat battalions so we tell the story of their war. one fodder on kandahar, one in the mountains of eastern afghanistan, and gazni province and they all intersected with petraeus. the fourth secondary character is here, doug oliphant. we have one of the lieutenant colonels here. the general's aid in bosnia? he was his aide during the invasion of iraq. harry was back in afghanistan -- and here he was back in afghanistan. it was the first time -- petraeus has a special relationship with the 101st because he commanded them in the invasion of iraq. it was his first
i used to be a reporter. it is a combination of writing and editing from my vantage point. >> did you both deal with the editor and publisher? >> yes. >> thanks a lot. that is three interesting. >> one of my favorite parts of the book is petraeus is the dominant character and we have great access to him and it is told from his point of view but we established a group of secondary characters. three of them were the tenet commanders who were commanding combat battalions so...
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leading us to ask, why? because a vocal minority on the hard left continues to argue to leaders on their party from the president down the democrats in washington should do absolutely nothing about short-term or long-term spending problems. this is the thelma and louise crowd that wants to dream about high taxes and bigger government that it will pay for, regardless of the impact on jobs or the economy or america's standing in the world. these are the ones who have recklessly ignored the fact we cannot keep running trillion dollar deficits every year. somebody suggests that maybe the taxpayers should not keep subsidizing every last program. their reckless and idiotic approach threatens our very future. anyone who is serious about solving the problems we face should ignore all of that, starting with the president. the election is over, but the economy and fiscal problems of the past several years have only gotten worse. it is time for the president to present a plan that rises above these reckless and radical
leading us to ask, why? because a vocal minority on the hard left continues to argue to leaders on their party from the president down the democrats in washington should do absolutely nothing about short-term or long-term spending problems. this is the thelma and louise crowd that wants to dream about high taxes and bigger government that it will pay for, regardless of the impact on jobs or the economy or america's standing in the world. these are the ones who have recklessly ignored the fact...
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they came at us with a sugar- coated hate campaign, that used to come out of florida pick a used to come out of anita bryant. it was direct and overt. now they just trip to the debt. all the ads that came out in this days of prop 8 were attempting to divert attention and focus on schools, and there was this infamous ad of a young woman, elementary school student, saying, mommy, at school i learned that a prince can marry prince. that was a surprise in the campaign, and perhaps that campaign was not as well prepared to respond to it. we learned our lesson. we were ready this time. all those campaigns, early in ground troops and managers, where ready, so the moment they met up with that come our side was up with a response to that. i think we responded to their single greatest argument that they used, and they put most of the millions of dollars behind. we were ready for it and we responded. i also think the electorate >> may not buy that. we saw in some of the polling that we're hearing that argument voters do not buy as much anymore. you saw coalitions among we have ever seen. these were
they came at us with a sugar- coated hate campaign, that used to come out of florida pick a used to come out of anita bryant. it was direct and overt. now they just trip to the debt. all the ads that came out in this days of prop 8 were attempting to divert attention and focus on schools, and there was this infamous ad of a young woman, elementary school student, saying, mommy, at school i learned that a prince can marry prince. that was a surprise in the campaign, and perhaps that campaign was...
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to use. the comment made by the governor of colorado the morning after the election when he said did not break out the fritos and the goldfish yet, the federal government will make itself known. but it is hard to imagine this federal government suddenly sank many to but somebody in colorado who is acting much marijuana. >> i think that is right. that is an important lesson from prohibition as well. one of the other issues that often comes up in connection with federal drug laws is the enforcement of the laws and the result of the enforcement, which is to push the entire system of drug production underground treating black markets, giving rise to crime, culture and things like that. did that happen during prohibition? the rise of crime, culture? the anti prohibition, that results in a reduction of criminal activity in connection with drugs? >> to the first point, what we know is the national crime syndicates today was created by and for prohibition. this is not to say there was not organized c
to use. the comment made by the governor of colorado the morning after the election when he said did not break out the fritos and the goldfish yet, the federal government will make itself known. but it is hard to imagine this federal government suddenly sank many to but somebody in colorado who is acting much marijuana. >> i think that is right. that is an important lesson from prohibition as well. one of the other issues that often comes up in connection with federal drug laws is the...